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Book Club: Vernaculars

  • Museum of Northwest Art 121 1st Street La Conner, WA, 98257 United States (map)

Please join us for this exciting collaboration between MoNA & La Conner Swinomish Library!

For a fresh twist on the classic book club model, Richard Vendiola from the La Conner Swinomish Library has selected several books related to the themes in Ross Palmer Beecher: Speaking in the Vernacular. Join us at MoNA to view the exhibition, have thrilling discussion connecting to the book of your choice, meet fellow book-lovers, and have light refreshments surrounded by art!

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Pick up any of these great reads! Then join us at MoNA on September 9 for an inspiring discussion!

Fiction:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

The World's Fair Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 

Non-Fiction:

Star Struck Quilts by Barbara H. Cline

American Vernacular: Buildings and Interiors, 1870-1960 by Herbert Gottfried and Jan Jennings

Habitat: Vernacular Architecture for a Changing Planet by Sandra Piesik

The Spectacular of Vernacular by Darsie Alexander

Vernacular Rights Cultures: the politics of origins, human rights and gendered struggles for justice by Sumi Madhok

We Survived The Night by Julian Brave NoiseCat

Disconnected from Death: The Evolution of Funerary Customs and the Unmasking of Death in America by Troy Taylor and April Slaughter

Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad by Jacqueline Tobin and Raymond G. Dobard

Quilts and Human Rights by Marsh MacDowell and Beth Donaldson


Cost: Free!
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  • The facility is wheelchair accessible and an elevator is available in the back of the building

  • A wheelchair is available for visitors

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  • Please email us at info@museumofnwart.org or call us at (360) 466-4446 if you have questions or need additional information about accessibility

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